Int. J. Numer. Anal. Mod., 7 (2010), pp. 156-172.


Numerical solution of a two-dimensional parabolic transmission problem

Bosko Jovanovic 1, Lubin G. Vulkov 2

1 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mathematics, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
2 University of Rousse, Department of Mathematics, 7017 Rousse, Bulgaria.

Received by the editors May 13, 2009.

Abstract

An initial boundary value problem for a two-dimensional parabolic equation in two disconnected rectangles is investigated. A finite difference scheme approximating this problem is proposed and analyzed. An estimate of the convergence rate, compatible with the smoothness of the input data (up to a logarithmic factor of the mesh-size), is obtained.

AMS subject classifications: 65M15
Key words: Transmission problem, initial-boundary value problem, disconnected domains, Sobolev spaces, finite differences, convergence rate.

Email: bosko@matf.bg.ac.yu, vulkov@ami.ru.acad.bg
 

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